Dessert

Czech trdelník (chimney cake)

Name: Czech trdelník (chimney cake)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 400 g Flour; 150 ml Milk; 10 g Baker's yeast; 60 g Sugar; 40 g Butter; 1 Egg; 2 tbsp (for coating) Cinnamon

Preparation time: 45 min
Servings: serves 8

Ingredients

serves 8

Flour — to buy400 g
Milk — to buy150 ml
Baker's yeast — to buy10 g
Sugar — to buy60 g
Butter — to buy40 g
Egg — to buy1
Cinnamon — to buy2 tbsp (for coating)

Preparation

Dissolve the yeast and a teaspoon of sugar in the warm milk, let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
In a bowl, mix the flour, remaining sugar and a pinch of salt, add the egg, melted, slightly cooled butter and yeasted milk, knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Cover and let rise for 1 hour, until the dough doubles in size.
Knock back the dough and divide it into long, thin strips about 1.5 cm wide.
Wind each strip tightly in a spiral around a trdelník roller, or a wooden rolling pin wrapped in parchment paper.
Roll each spiral in a cinnamon-sugar mix, then bake at 200°C, turning regularly, for 15-20 minutes, until nicely golden.
Gently slide the trdelník off the roller, roll it while still warm in the cinnamon sugar and serve at once.